A thief breached his curfew by leaving his house in the middle of the night – claiming he was confused and thought it was daytime.
In June, Sean Paxton was ordered to remain in his flat in Aberdeen’s Stafford Street between 7pm-7am for three months, after admitting a string of thefts.
But the 49-year-old was back in the dock at Aberdeen Sheriff Court yesterday after breaching the order and heading to a nearby shop at 4am.
He claimed it was an innocent mistake and his solicitor Laura Gracie told the court: “He had been asleep, then attended the shop thinking it was the middle of the day.”
Sheriff Ian Wallace bluntly replied: “It was 4am. It was dark.”
Miss Gracie added: “He clearly should have checked the time before he left the house.”
Paxton admitted breaching his order and had his curfew extended by two weeks.
Aberdeen man claims he mistook 4am for ‘middle of the day’ after breaching his court-ordered curfew
